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scaup en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /skɔːp/

Etymology

See scalp (“a bed of oysters or mussels”).

Meanings

1. Any of three species of small diving duck in the genus Aythya.
   • Or spot gaggles of Canada geese, ducks and scaups flying over schools of bluefish. 2009 March 29, Deborah Baldwin, “A Waterside Village With a Big-City Backdrop”, in New York Times:
2. (Scotland, alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of scalp (“a bed or stratum of shellfish”).
   alt of scalp

Forms

Deriveds

Aythya novaeseelandiae · greater scaup · Aythya marila · New Zealand scaup · lesser scaup · Aythya affinis

Relateds

Aythya · Aythya marila · Aythya novaeseelandiae · Aythya affinis

Translations (18)

mi kaiharopia (certain ducks of the genus Aythya) · fi lapasotka (certain ducks of the genus Aythya) · hu hegyi réce (certain ducks of the genus Aythya) · mi tītīpōrangi (certain ducks of the genus Aythya) · nl topper (certain ducks of the genus Aythya) · mi matapo (certain ducks of the genus Aythya) · mi raipo (certain ducks of the genus Aythya) · ja 鈴鴨 (certain ducks of the genus Aythya) · de Bergente (certain ducks of the genus Aythya) · mi matamatapōuri (certain ducks of the genus Aythya) · mi matapōuri (certain ducks of the genus Aythya) · es porrón (certain ducks of the genus Aythya) · ru че́рнеть (certain ducks of the genus Aythya) · cs polák (certain ducks of the genus Aythya) · mi pōkeke (certain ducks of the genus Aythya) · bg планинска потапница (certain ducks of the genus Aythya) · mi pāpango (certain ducks of the genus Aythya) · pl ogorzałka (certain ducks of the genus Aythya)